Laurie had her latest CT scan earlier today and we are relieved to report this is the first one that does not bring bad news in quite a while. Deep breath and thanks. While the news is not that of a cure (not on the table at the moment), there is no new growth to report and that is a victory in itself. There are signs of something in the original tumor sight of the pancreas (unsure if an active tumor or scar tissue remnants of the nanoknife surgery she had in April, but not growing in size), a small spot on the liver that is the same size as previously, and a growth remaining on the lungs (not completely sure it is cancerous, but suspicious) that has shrunk. Again, although not a cure (which technically doesn't happen at stage 4) there is no progress and some shrinkage. We'll take it!
From here, Laurie continues on every other week chemo which she is tolerating relatively well and we get to have a holiday season that's got some light shining into it. Given what the possibilities were of what we'd find when Laurie went in for the CT scan this morning, we're glad to be reporting on this one.
Thanks for being there with us and for us.
thanks and love,
Neal
